. >> phillip, thanks for your time. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> still ahead, the ipad has some stiff competition in the tablet market this year. but does the tech giant have a reason to worry? we'll tackle the holiday tablet wars straight ahead. much more "squawk on the street" after this break. ♪ it's christmas time again decorations are hung by the fire ♪ >> let's hop over to chicago to the santelli exchange. >> what was that? >> quickly in position. >> good move. >> how did you like that? you said hop to chicago. i just wanted to be accommodating. you know, christmas eve. we all love christmas eve. especially those out there that have young kids. it's just an exciting day. and it's also an exciting day with regard to history. so i thought maybe it would be a good day to look at some of the christmas eves of the past so to speak. and one that just jumps out at me that was memorialized in the "new york times" on christmas eve just think partridge in a pear tree. i think it's pretty funny that was written by a g